Guide-chart.



J. RINDALL.

GUIDE CHART.

APPLIOATION FILED 001. 21, 1911.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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j ..UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE,

JOEL RINIDALL, OF RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HEL T BY IN. SEGERSTROM, 0F RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN.

GUIDE-CHART.

Appllcathn filed October 21, 1911. Serial No. 655,998.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOEL RINDALL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at' Rhinelander, in the county of Onelda and State of Wisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Guide Charts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to charts and particularly to a chart peculiarly adapted for use -in railway folders, the invention consisting, generally speaking, in the provision with a chart-of one character of transparent charts of other character which are adapted to be superimposed upon the first named chart and register therewith.

In ordinary charts, and by the term charts I refer not only to the maps of a country but also to anatomical or mechanical charts as well, the broad features of the chart are often obscured by a mass of detail. Thus for instance railroad maps are often rendered very puzzling by reason of the presence thereon -of town names, railway lines, road lines and topographical symbols and, furthermore, because of the fact that these names, lines, symbols, etc. must be printed thereon it is practically impossible to print other information on the chart such as statistical information, symbols indicating the character of the soil or the character of the manufactures, or contour lines to indicate topographical characteristics.

My inven'tion'has for its main object the provision of 'a chart wherein one chart or leaf shall have shown thereon the broad features of the object charted, and other transparent or translucent sheets or leaves, adapted to register with'the first named sheet or leaf, shall have thereon the details of the object shown on the first named sheet so that the detail sheets may be superimposed on the basic sheet and read in connection therewith.

Another object is. the provision of a chart having connected sheets or leaves adapted to be turned over upon and into register with each other so that the matter printed upon one leaf may be seen through the superim'lipsed leaf and read in connection therewit A further object'is the provision in connection' with a railway folder havin timetablcsiand like information printed thereon, of'aleaf having printed thereon a general cmg'oined transparent leaves adapted fol one section of the chart.

\ map of the district traversed by the railway an '1 f n connection therewith a plurality o to be ed over upon the map carrying leaf and havmg printed thereon the names of stations, ines of railway, etc., so that the'map proper shall show only the broad features I of the district, while the transparent leaves shall contain the details which would other- W158 obscure the said map if printed thereon.

A further object is to provide in' connection with a railway folder and map as above described, a transparent leaf adapted to be folded over upon the map or upon that-leaf having printed thereon the names of stations, a transparent leaf having thereon index points adapted to register with the various stations printed on the before mentioned leaf, and in connection with the index points numerals or other characters denoting the pages upon which information relative to said townsor points may be found within the folder.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa'railway folder with my chart mounted in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a face view of Fig. 3 is aface view of the map section of the chart. Fig. 4' is a face view of the index section of the chart.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanyingdrawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings I have shown my improved chart as applied to a railway folder. The usual railway folder comprises a plurality of sheets adapted to be folded over upon themselves, thus providing separate leaves, the folder being relatively elongated. Upon these leaves is printed the time-tables, information as to trains, etc. Usually a map is provided forming either an insert'in the folder or printed upon one or'more'of the leaves.

' In the drawings 2 designates an'ordina'ry e19 railway folder shown as being opened out and shown as being foldable'so as to provide the several leaves A, B,O'and-D. These leaves are arranged in any suitable manner and inserted within the folder and forming 110 part thereofis a leaf 3 having thereon a .map of the country through which the railway passes. This map may be of any de-.

by extraneous matter.

Conjoined with the map 3 and preferably forming a continuation thereof on one side is a leaf 4 of transparent material, such as very thin paper, of such character that when the leaf 4 is superimposed upon the map 3, the map may be plainly seen through the leaf 4:. This leaf 4: has printed thereon any desired lines, diagrams, symbols, etc., or any desired map details which are desired to be read in connection with the map 3. I have shown for instance this leaf 4 as being provided with a railway map, that is, as showing the various lines of railway which traverse the country illustrated in the map 3. This leaf 4 preferably contains only these lines and whatever words or symbols may be used ,therewith, as for instance it may show the various stations along the lines of the railways together with their names.

When it is desired to read the map 3 as if the railway lines and stations therefor were printed thereon, it is only necessary to fold down the leaf 4 upon the map 3 whereupon the map 3 may be read through the leaf 4; and the two maps read in conjunction with each other. Also preferably forming a continuation of the leaf 3 upon which the map is placed, and adapted to be used in conjunction therewith and with the leaf 4:, is

a transparent leaf 5 which may have indicia,

diagrams, informatory matter, etc., adapted to be read in conjunction either with the leaf 3 or the leaf 4. I have illustrated this.

' leaf 5 as being provided upon its rear face,

' found, or in which time-tables relative that is, the face which is the upper facewhen the leaf 5 is turned down upon .the leaf 3, with a number .of points, dots, crosses or other indicating marks which are adapted to register with various towns or other important points either upon the map 3 or upon the railway map 4:, and in conjunction with these points, dots or other marks I provide certain reference or index numerals which relate to variouspages 111 the railway folder upon which information relativeto these towns or points of interest maybe to these places may be found.

It'will be seen that with the map as illustrated, one fold or leaf is a simple map.. The other fold or leaf is a. railroad map with the stations marked thereon, and the other fold or leaf 5 is adapted to be folded over upon the railroad map leaf and give the number of time table in the folder or guide wherein the train schedule isto be found. The leaf 3 is preferably a topographical map in colors forming a basis-for the lines on the leaf 4 indicating the various railroads.

While I have illustrated the map as being composed of leaves which fold laterally, it will of course be plain that I do not wish to limit myself to this as the map might be formed of leaves which fold longitudinally, or there mi ht be attached to or formed with the leaf 3 a plurality of leaves, some of which would fold laterally and some longitudinally.

Preferably the map is formed of a single sheet of tough transparent paper folded twice so as to make the three sections 3, 4: and 5,these sections being of equal size. The first section, that is, the section 3 is the middle section and is to be pasted against one of the inside covers of the folder. This middle section preferably shows a topographical map in extremely bright colors, the colors preferably representing the topographical features or economical features. Thus mountain crests may be printed in white, wooded slopes in dark green, grazing slopes in lighter green, prairies a still lighter shade of green, deserts in gray, lakes and rivers in blue and so on, each shade of color representing the natureiof its district. The

reason for printing the topographicalfeatures in bright colors isto permit these features to show through the transparent paper when another section is folded over the next section. 1

. While I have shown what I believe to be the best form of my invention, it will be obvious that it may be modified in many ways. I

Thus for guide books not having the folder form, the maps "might'be. printed on separate leaves, the map leaf being the first in the series, leaf number lbeing the second of the series and leaf number 5 the third of i the series. It will be. obvious too that a transparent sheet of the character described might befolded in other ways so as to secure practically the same result and that one or more leaves could be superimposed upon the basic leafor upon each other.

It will be seen that a chart constructed in accordance with my invention is interesting and is adapted to contain a lar e amount of informatory matter not possi le to place upon ordinary maps; Further that the topographical map is entirely clear and is not confused .by a jumble of black lines and small print. This map will obviate the necessity of straining the eyes in order to read the ordinary fine print in which it is necessary to print the names of stations, railway lines etc. to befound on the ordinary railway map.

My improved chart will show any given point much more clearly and quickly than the old form of map. It'is extremely simple, may be adapted to a large variety of uses and may be placed in the ordinary railway folder without any additional work.

Vhile I have illustrated my chartin connection with a railway folder, it is to be distinctly understood that the chart might be used in connection with guide books and also in connection with charts having other than topographical representations thereon.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a book havin certain numbered sections, of a chart used in connection therewith and including a leaf having thereon a map, a transparent leaf having thereon a diagram registering with and coordinating with said map, and a transparent lea having thereon index marks registering with and relating to certain topographical points on said map and diagram, said index marks including reference characters referring to the corresponding sections of the book.

2. The combination with a book-like folder consisting of a plurality of sheets, the sheets bein folded to form a plurality of leaves, of a 0 art sheet used in connection therewith and also folded to provide a plurality of leaves of the same size as the leaves of said folder, one of said leaves forming a basic leaf and attached to the folder and having thereon a map, the other leaves being of transparent material and foldable over upon said map, said transparent leaves having thereon indicia registering with and referring to localities on said map.

3. The combination with a folder having therein certain numbered sections containing time-tables, railway information and like matter, of a chart sheet attached to said folder, said sheet being foldable into three parts to form a middle leaf and two lateral leaves, the middle leaf having printed thereon a map, one of said lateral leaves being transparent and having rinted thereon a railway diagram registering with and relating to said map, the other of said lateral leaves being transparent and having thereon index marks registering with localities indicated on said ma and railway diagram, said index marks'mcluding reference characters relating to the said other folder sections whereon information relating to said localities is contained.

4. The combination with rinted matter having numbered sections, of a chart to be used 1n connection therewith and including a leaf having thereon a map, and a plurality of transparent leaves, one of said leaves having thereon a diagram registering with and coordinating with said ma and another of said leaves havin thereon index marks registering with and relating to certain topographical points on the map and diagram, said index marks including reference characters referring to the corresponding sections of the printed matter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of the witnesses.

JOEL RINDALL. [1..s.] Witnesses: E. E. DUTCHER, H. N. SEenRs'rRoM, R. J. Mon'rnn. 

